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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.
Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811)
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About Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, PC, FRSE, styled as Lord Melville from 1802, was a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1791 to 1794 and First Lord of the Admiralty from 1804 to 1805. He was instrumental in the encouragement of the Scottish Enlightenment, in the prosecution of the war against France, and in the expansion of British influence in India.
Everything about Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville →- Occupation
- jurist, politician
- Position held
- Home Secretary, member of the House of Lords, President of the Board of Control, First Lord of the Admiralty
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- April 28, 1742
- Died
- May 28, 1811, 1811